Serhat Kılıç

Serhat Kılıç
Serhat Mustafa Kılıç (born 8 July 1975) is a Turkish actor and TV-radio presenter.
Life and career
In 1994, Kılıç enrolled in Bilkent University School of Music and Performing Arts, Theater Department with a scholarship. He graduated with honors from this school in 1998. His first professional experience on stage was an adaptation of Ariel Dorfman's play Widows in 1998, directed by Rutkay Aziz, at the Ankara Art Theatre. He worked at Diyarbakır State Theatre between 1999 and 2000. In the same years, he gave acting lessons at Diyarbakır City Theatres and directed the play Barış Adası at the same institution. In 2002, he was appointed to the Erzurum State Theatre as an actor to complete his compulsory service. In 2005, he completed his master's degree at Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory and started teaching as a lecturer at Erzurum Atatürk University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre. In 2008, he resigned from his position at the State Theatres and started to continue his studies in Istanbul. Among the venues he has worked at while in Istanbul are Tiyatro Dot and BKM. During the 2009–2010 season, he joined the Istanbul City Theatres with the play Generalna proba samoubstiva. It went on stage at Istanbul City Theatres for 3 seasons as a closed box office. Kılıç was nominated for the Most Successful Musical and Comedy Male Actor of the Year at the 14th Afife Theatre Awards, for his performance in this play in which he portrayed four different characters. In 2012, he founded a production company called Cats & Dogs (Soho Istanbul). In November 2014, he founded the Serhat Kılıç School, which provides lessons on acting, writing, dance and vocal training.
He played the character Ergun in period comedy Seksenler for six seasons. He portrayed the character of Imam Hamdi in the movie Kış Uykusu which won Cannes Film Festival, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. With his performance in this film, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the 47th SİYAD Awards. He was cast in the military series Söz which nominated International Emmy Awards. He portrayed as Salih Bozok in film Veda based from the life of first Turkish president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and as Köse Mihal in series Kuruluş: Osman based from life of Osman I.
He was cast in hit period series Hatırla Sevgili. He joined as his Azerbaijani character in popular comedy Benim Annem Bir Melek. He was cast in youth crime series Öğretmen, an adaptation of Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom. He was cast in hit series such as Ezel, Yol Arkadaşım, Maraşlı, Bizim Evin Halleri. His web series are in Şeref Bey and Avcı.
He played in detective film series "Çember". He was cast in many films Baskın Karabasan, Nokta, Robinson ve Cuma, Mavzer, Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları, Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz, Yol Arkadaşım.
Theatre
As actor
Barış Adası Korsanlara Karşı : Hakan Güven - Ankara State Theatre - 1998 - director: Hakan Güven
Widows : Ariel Dorfman - Ankara State Theatre - 1998 - director: Rutkay Aziz
A Midsummer Night's Dream : William Shakespeare - Diyarbakır State Theatre - 1999 - director: Semih Sergen
The Government Inspector : Nikolai Gogol - Diyarbakır State Theatre - 1999 - director: Zurab Siharulidze
Ghetto : Yehoshua Sobol - Ankara State Theatre - 2000 - director: Erhan Gökgücü
Azizname : Yücel Erten - Ankara State Theatre - 2000 - director: Yücel Erten
A Month in the Country : Ivan Turgenev - Ankara State Theatre - 2002 - director: Zurab Siharulidze
Scapin the Schemer : Molière - Erzurum State Theatre - 2003 - director: Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan : Arthur Miller - Erzurum State Theatre - 2003 - Abdullah Ceran
As You Like It : William Shakespeare - Erzurum State Theatre - 2004 - director: Zurab Siharulidze
Memurin Faslı : Coşkun Irmak - Erzurum State Theatre - 2004 - director: Abdullah Indır
The Good Doctor : Anton Chekhov - Erzurum State Theatre - 2005 - director: Emre Erçil
Karımla Evleniyorum : Ephraim Kishon - Erzurum State Theatre - 2005 - director: Levent Ulukut
Bug : Tracy Letts - Tiyatro Dot - 2006 - director: Murat Daltaban
More Plays than One : Michael Frayn - Beşiktaş Cultural Center - 2007 - director: Mehmet Ergen
Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat : Mark Ravenhill - Tiyatro Dot - 2008 - director: Murat Daltaban
Generalna proba samoubstiva : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres - 2009 - director: Nurullah Tuncer
Terror - Ferdinand von Schirach - Serhat Kılıç Sahne Ankara - 2018 - director: Yücel Erten
Tek Kişilik Şehir - Behiç Ak - Serhat Kılıç Sahne Ankara - 2018 - director: Serhat Nalbantoğlu
Gece Sempozyumu - Eric De Volder - 2018 - director: Mesut Arslan
As director
Barış Adası : Hakan Güven - Diyarbakır City Theatre - 1999
Pıtlatan Bal : Aziz Nesin - Erzurum State Theatre - 2004
Filmography
Film
Nokta : Derviş Zaim - 2008 - Selim
Veda : Zülfü Livaneli - 2010 - Salih Bozok
Kış Uykusu : Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 2014 - Imam Hamdi
Robinson ve Cuma: Gürcan Yurt - 2015 - Robinson
Baskın Karabasan : Can Evrenol - 2015 - Policeman
Yol Arkadaşım - 2017 - (Buğrahan)
Çember: Ateş Üstünde - 2019 - (Adem Yılmaz)
Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları - 2019 - (Selim)
Mavzer - 2020 (Veysi)
Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz : Neslihan Yeşilyurt - 2023 - Necati
Short filmSonsuz TV series
2000 - Saksıdaki Ağaç (Durmuş)
2000 - Bizim Evin Halleri (Karl Gurur)
2006 - Hatırla Sevgili (Kamil Gündüz)
2008–2009 - Yol Arkadaşım (İlker Elmastaş)
2009 - Benim Annem Bir Melek (İbadullah)
2010–2011 - Ezel (Selim Uğurlu)
2012–2016 - Seksenler (Ergun Plak)
2017 - Çember (Commissioner Adem)
2017–2019 - Söz (Çolak)
2020 - Öğretmen (Taner Aslan)
2021 - Şeref Bey (Nejat)
2021 - Maraşlı (Necati Türel)
2021–2022 - Kurulus: Osman (Mihail Koses)
2023 - Tetikçinin Oğlu (Esat Uncular)
TV programs
Mutluluğun Anahtarı\Küçük Şeyler - TRT1 - 2000–2007
Uyanık Bar - FOX TV - 2009–2010
Heberler (with Memet Ali Alabora, Levent Kazak, and Mahir İpek) - Turkmax - 2010–2013
Paranoyak (TV shov)]] TV 8 - 2011
İnan Bana - Star TV - 2013
Büyük Risk - Show TV - 2014
Görevimiz Komedi - FOX TV - 2016
Çok Tatlı - Kanal D - 2018
Radio programs
Radio Night & Day - Ankara FM - 1992–1994
Baykuş & Karga (with Erdem Akakçe) - Green Radio - 1994–1997
Geceden Sabaha (with Gaye Filiz Çele) - Ankara TRT FM - 2000–2001
Awards
20th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards – Selection Committee Special Award (Kış Uykusu'')
References
External links
1975 births
Turkish male stage actors
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Ankara
Bilkent University alumni
Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory alumni